Executive Director, Bill Nye

Our Mission :

To inspire the people of Earth to explore other worlds, understand our own, and seek life elsewhere.

Who we are :

• Founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman

• We involve and inspire the public through:

• Advocacy

• Projects

• Education

• We are a non-profit funded by our international membership

• We operate a Volunteer Network for members who want to become more involved

Program areas:

• Advocacy and Education

• Extrasolar Planets

• Innovative Technologies

• International Mission Participation

• Mars Exploration

• Near Earth Objects

• Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Some of our current projects:

LightSail – ultralight spacecraft propelled purely by sunlight, which will launch soon piggybacking on a future NASA mission. LightSail-1 will be sailing soon. How fast will it go?

LIFE Experiment- Shuttle LIFE was a practice run for Phobos-Grunt, which will be sending microbes to Mars’ Phobos and back. Is it possible for microorganisms to survive a trip through space?

Near Earth Objects – a huge threat, what if we found an asteroid on a collision course with Earth?.What are our best options for planetary defense?

We’ve Got A Lot Going On!

LightSail

The Planetary

Report

Our Weekly Radio Show

Our website: www.planetary.org

Join us in exploring!!

Find out more and help support our missions at:

http://www.planetary.org/home/

Get involved and join us in our ongoing adventures!!

Send email to: tom.kemp@planetary.org